Seoyoung widened her eyes.
“Clearly, you’re Secretary Sa, right…?”
Lajin was smiling while looking at baby products.
“Is she still single? Did she come to buy a gift?”
However, Lajin was smiling broadly, as if she herself had a baby.
“Are you here to buy a gift for your nephew?”
“Yes? I didn’t hear you well, Manager.”
“No, it’s nothing.”
“Do you happen to know her?”
“Yeah, kinda.”
“Then, shall we postpone the next schedule a bit?”
Seoyoung shrugged and turned around.
“No, it’s okay. It’s not that urgent. Let’s go.”
“Yes, Manager.”
Meanwhile, without realizing that Seoyoung had spotted her, Lajin couldn’t take her eyes off the adorable and charming items.
Seeing tiny shoes and socks that wouldn’t even fit one finger, she let out a small sigh.
“So cute.”
At that moment, an employee approached with a kind smile.
“Are you looking for something?”
“Oh, I just wanted to browse.”
“Sure, feel free to look around.”
“So cute.”
“Right? Excuse me, but are you planning for a baby?”
Regarding the baby, she didn’t want to lie if she could help it.
“No, actually, I visited the hospital today. I went for a pregnancy confirmation.”
“Oh my, congratulations!”
Yunhee’s response was more worry and comfort than congratulations. Maybe that’s why, when the employee congratulated her, Lajin was so happy that she burst into laughter.
Laughter came out, but why did her heart feel so sentimental?
“Thank you.”
“Wow, it’s your first pregnancy, isn’t it? You still look young.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“If the baby takes after you, they’ll be so pretty. Is your husband happy too?”
Husband. At that word, Jeahun came to her mind.
He was the baby’s father, but a man she couldn’t call her husband for a lifetime.
Once the baby’s existence was revealed, he might not congratulate her; he might even tell her to erase it.
Moreover, Chairman Seongjae would not stay quiet either.
Knowing that his secretary, who was devoted to connecting the Dongmun Group’s youngest daughter, got pregnant, he could easily predict the outcome.
“Ttun-tun, Mom will take care of you, so don’t worry.”
In response to the employee’s words, Lajin reassured her with a faint smile.
“You’ll be busy from now on. I know how difficult it was when I was pregnant with my first child. My husband was on a business trip abroad.”
“It must have been tough for you alone.”
“At first, I thought, ‘How can I give birth and raise a child alone?’ since my husband wasn’t there. But as soon as the baby was born, all the pain seemed to disappear, you know? I didn’t know how lovable they could be.”
Perhaps thinking of that time, a smile appeared on the employee’s face.
“So, forgetting that pain, I gave birth to the second and third.”
“You have three children?”
“Well, don’t you have a fourth one? Hahaha.”
Lajin laughed along with the employee’s teasing.
“Do you have a name?”
“It’s Ttun-tun.”
“Then, health is the most important.”
Lajin began to browse around the store with the employee.
Everything related to the baby was new, cute, and fascinating. How could they all be so small and adorable?
While she was looking around, something caught her eye.
“Cute, isn’t it?”
“Oh, yes. It’s so cute.”
A teddy bear sitting on a display shelf was smiling at her.
“Would you like one of those? It’s made of premium linen and 100% organic cotton, so it’s safe for the baby to put in their mouth. It’s easy to wash too.”
Looking at the doll, memories of the caretaker’s granddaughter Suji giving her a bear doll when she went down to Gangwon Province came to her mind.
These days, she hugged the doll every night before sleeping. Holding something soft made her troubled heart calm down a bit and gave her a comforting feeling.
She had thought of bringing this doll, filled with her scent, to Jeahun’s house for his insomnia treatment.
‘I’ll do that with this doll.’
As practice, she would take care of the doll as if it were a baby.
“I’ll take one of those.”
“Really? I’ll add a small one for you. It’s a gift from Ttun-tun’s mom because she’s so pretty.”
“Oh, thank you.”
Pulling out her wallet to make a payment, Lajin hesitated when she saw Jaehun’s card tucked behind hers.
She hadn’t intended to use this card. How could she use his personal card? She had only kept it safely with the intention of returning it.
Once she left the company and moved to the provinces.
She wouldn’t be able to meet Jaehun again.
For the baby, she planned to explain that Dad couldn’t live together due to certain circumstances.
But there would come a day when the absence of Dad would be keenly felt.
At that time, could this doll fill even a small gap?
“Um. If I pay with the card, will it show on the statement that I bought baby items?”
“Yes? Since the names will appear together, people who know will figure it out.”
‘I wonder if I should ask Yoonhee for a favor.’
If she said that Yoonhee had bought the doll, they might accept it.
Using her own card would have been easier, but she wanted to give the “first and last gift from Dad” to the baby.
“Please, pay with this.”
“Alright.”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
